UPPER LAKE — Anna Westin led a balanced Clear Lake attack with six kills and the Cardinals notched their first win of the 2012 season, beating Upper Lake 25-9, 26-24, 25-22 in a non-league varsity volleyball match Thursday at Upper Lake.
Marsha”na Sugimoto and Aliza Atkins added four kills apiece, Haley Garzoli had three and freshman Rachel Wingler added two as the Cardinals squared their record at 1-1.
“We were mentally tougher tonight,” Clear Lake coach Marci Psalmonds said when asked to compare her team”s effort to the Cardinals” season-opening loss to Anderson Valley. “We won the rallies this time for sure.”
Atkins reeled off 10 straight points at the service line with her jump serve in the first game of the best-of-five match. She had four aces on the night.
Psalmonds said she went to her bench often and that all 11 of her players received a good amount of court time.
“It was fun,” Psalmonds said.
Upper Lake (0-3) received five kills apiece from Samantha Maddock, Ashley Lovrin and Sierra Fugate, a sophomore middle hitter. Another standout was libero Jaime Maddock with 17 digs.
“The first game was terrible,” Upper Lake coach Sandy Coatney said. “But we came out in the second game and really played volleyball. They didn”t let their mistakes get to them too much.
“They fought to the end,” Coatney added.
In other volleyball action Thursday:
Healdsburg def. Middletown
At Middletown, the Middletown Mustangs suffered their first setback of the 2012 season against the Healdsburg Greyhounds, who won 25-14, 25-14, 25-23.
Middletown (3-1) made a late charge in the third game, rallying from a 24-12 deficit.
“They pulled it together there at the end, but it was definitely a rough game,” Middletown coach Jennifer Breiner said of the non-league match. “We had too many missed serves, too many bad passes, too many errors honestly, but it”s nothing we can”t come back from.”
Brianna Ortiz led the Mustangs with 11 kills. Other leaders were Allegra Macedo with five aces and Renee Edwards with three aces and two kills.
Middletown won the junior varsity match 25-23, 28-26.
Boys” soccer
Kelseyville 11, Upper Lake 2
At Upper Lake, Cristian Macias, Luis Rodriguez and Elias Alvarez scored two goals apiece in the first half as the Kelseyville Knights squared their season record at 1-1 with a non-league win over the Upper Lake Cougars.
Macias, Rodriguez and Alvarez each added a goal in the second half to finish with hat tricks.
Kelseyville led 6-0 at the half but Upper Lake cut into that lead with two quick goals by Ivan Lopez-Becerra to open the second half.
“After our first goal, we kind of laid back,” Kelseyville coach Eduardo Ledesma said of his team”s effort. “We didn”t go 100 percent. But you know me, I”m never satisfied.”
Ricardo Covarrubias also scored for the Knights. Kelseyville also picked up an own goal.
The Knights have five freshmen and will soon add a sixth to their roster. One of those freshmen is Alvarez.
Kelseyville hosts Calistoga on Saturday at noon.
Girls” soccer
Kelseyville 7, Upper Lake 2
At Kelseyville, Karina Perez, Megan Touros and Bethany Rymel scored two goals apiece as the Kelseyville Knights improved to 2-0 on the season with a non-league victory over the Upper Lake Cougars.
“I think that”s more goals than we scored last year,” Kelseyville coach Cheryl Mostin said.
Kelseyville had a 3-0 lead at the half.
“They played a good game,” Mostin said of her players. “They were making some nice passes that were connecting. They were supporting each other.”
Elisa Borg also scored for the Knights.
Shayla Wyman had a goal and an assist for Upper Lake. Jamie Henry had the other goal.
